With the growing popularity of radio, newspapers, and film the 1920s introduced a new concept of fame. There were many icons in the 1920s that influenced the fashion world. Women such as Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Zelda Sayre (wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald), Josephine Baker, Claudette Colbert, Princess Marina, and more influenced the classy yet simple style of the 20s. Men such as Al Capone, F. Scoot, Fitzgerald, Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, and Duke Ellington helped promote the styles of menswear and even music such as Duke Ellington’s promote more comfortable dress for dancing. Clark Gable promoted the mustache that men liked. Movies promoted the newest trends and put ideas in men and women’s heads that they wanted to be like their icons on the screen. MGM’s Gilbert Adrian dressed the stars of Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford and another designer Elisa Schiaparelli designed clothes for over 30 films. Icons were portraying something men and women strived for at that time period.
Louise Brooks can be directly linked back to a fashion icon of the twenties. Her biggest fame doesn’t come from her name it comes from her short bob. Her features were perfect for a silent and black and white film. She was in more than 20 films, her most famous being Pandora’s Box. She was the most known flapper of the twenties. She wore make-up, had modern hair, wore a short skirt, and didn’t embody the Victorian style but the new Jazz style. Louise helped to influence the flapper fashion of the twenties. Greta Garbo also embodied a new take on fashion. She had mystery behind her. She was not a flapper but she meshed well with the flapper look. She had a softer feature. She continued her fame into other decade and began to be noticed for her captivating voice also. Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks portrayed women on and off the screen that women were inspired to be like.
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With the growing popularity of radio, newspapers, and film the 1920s introduced a new concept of fame. There were many icons in the 1920s that influenced the fashion world. Women such as Louise Brooks, Greta Garbo, Zelda Sayre (wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald), Josephine Baker, Claudette Colbert, Princess Marina, and more influenced the classy yet simple style of the 20s. Men such as Al Capone, F. Scoot, Fitzgerald, Al Jolson, Charlie Chaplin, and Duke Ellington helped promote the styles of menswear and even music such as Duke Ellington’s promote more comfortable dress for dancing. Clark Gable promoted the mustache that men liked. Movies promoted the newest trends and put ideas in men and women’s heads that they wanted to be like their icons on the screen. MGM’s Gilbert Adrian dressed the stars of Greta Garbo and Joan Crawford and another designer Elisa Schiaparelli designed clothes for over 30 films. Icons were portraying something men and women strived for at that time period.
Louise Brooks can be directly linked back to a fashion icon of the twenties. Her biggest fame doesn’t come from her name it comes from her short bob. Her features were perfect for a silent and black and white film. She was in more than 20 films, her most famous being Pandora’s Box. She was the most known flapper of the twenties. She wore make-up, had modern hair, wore a short skirt, and didn’t embody the Victorian style but the new Jazz style. Louise helped to influence the flapper fashion of the twenties. Greta Garbo also embodied a new take on fashion. She had mystery behind her. She was not a flapper but she meshed well with the flapper look. She had a softer feature. She continued her fame into other decade and began to be noticed for her captivating voice also. Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks portrayed women on and off the screen that women were inspired to be like.
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